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Hello folks, I wonder if someone would be kind enough to look for the following on the 1950 Electoral Roll please? ERNEST & HELGA STRICKLEY. Many Thanks, Margaret.

Great photos....MORE PLEASE !!!!

How wrong I was to assume that this company was no longer around. Many thanks, brumgum, for the link to their website. Regards, Margaret.

Hi, I have just bought a small (old) badge which was made in Birmingham, does anyone on the site have any information regarding the company that made it? W. Lewis (Badges) Ltd B'ham Many Thanks, Margaret.

Thank you all for the information. I will read the battle report with interest & sadness. Really appreciate your help. Margaret.

My Gt uncle, WILLIAM HENRY GREEN, was KIA 13th March 1915 in France. He was serving with the 1st Battalion Worcester Regiment (just 21 years old). I wonder if anyone can kindly fill in the background of the battle he was in when he was killed. I believe he was buried where he fell & his name is...

Sue, thank you so much for this very speedy answer to my request !! I do appreciate your help. Margaret.

I wonder if anyone would be kind enough to look for the folowing couple please: They married in late 1935 Birmingham. MARY ESTHER & CHARLES A BARNWELL Many thanks, Margaret.

This is one of the MANY superstitions that I have inherited from my mom, & I have indeed repeated "Rabbits, Rabbits white Rabbits" on the 1st of every month ever since the 1940's !!! Margaret.

Hello Michael, now here is a coincidence for you !! The "adoptive" mother of David Turner was a Mrs Watts & she was our English teacher at Tilton Road School. She invited a small group of girls to visit her at her home (we thought it was posh..they had cups AND saucers) !! A chap put his head...

Thank you for confirming that I was correct in spotting him ( very good film wasn't it ??) Margaret.

I have just watched the DVD "War Horse" & I feel sure that Roy Holder was in a crowd scene at the beginning of the film,with a small speaking part. Margaret.

Thank you for that info Colin.... I am still not certain which of the ladies is the elderly shopkeeper I remember, but I do appreciate your help very much. Regards, Margaret.

Hi, sadly one of my notebooks has gone walkabout & it contained the name of the shopkeepers in the shop at the top of EVERSLEY ROAD, close to Green Lane in Small Heath. In the late 1940s/1950's my mother would ask me to do some small errands for the couple who had the shop & lived behind the...

I remember the Coventry Road shop...we only shopped in there when my Mom got a provident cheque once a year !! Margaret.

Hello again Jean...have you considered that perhaps William was born in the 3rd qtr of 1852...and perhaps his birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1853??? Margaret.

Great info Alberta !! It does occur to me that perhaps " William" is not his full name...perhaps there is another name before it ??? I have been in this situation myself so I know how desperate it becomes to find a DOB for someone you are searching for.... Happy hunting !! Margaret.

Mmmm! Perhaps going back to square one & starting with what you know about his parents will be of help to you....have you found his family on every census that you can?? Do you know where his parents married?? Perhaps that is where William was born, especially if he was the eldest child ?? Let...

Hello folks...can anyone confirm that the pictures in the art gallery are actually hung at a lower level than in most other British galleries?? I was once told (or heard) that the reason was that we Brummies are much shorter in height !!!!! ( True in my case......) Margaret.

Hello Leslam...I doubt that there would have been a memorial for this young boy, his family were as poor as church mice. Many thanks, Margaret.